Category Archives: Mythology

Those familiar with Armenian Churches might have come across a mysterious sign on top of the main altar on numerous occasions. This curious sign “Է” as seen in the picture is the 7th letter of the Armenian alphabet and has a very interesting history. The earliest attestation of the sign has been found on...

I am often intrigued by the superstitions people uphold in different countries. Without getting too philosophical I would like to point out that superstitions are not simply traditions passed down by generations. They also tell us about the way people think and understand (un)natural phenomena in different communities around the world. As people have...

There is a book called Armenian History in Italian art, which is not yet in my possession so I cannot show any pages from it. But I did find a few illustrations from this book of classical Italian pieces depicting scenes from Armenian History.

Did you know we had werewolves in Armenia? In “The Book of Were-Wolves” – 1865, Sabine Baring-Gould describes all sorts of folk-lore related to Were-Wolves. Among other stories he describes an account in Armenia with the following: That the same belief in lycanthropy exists in Armenia is evident from the following story told by...

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